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The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, small-scaled snake, or fierce snake, [6] is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to semiarid regions of central east Australia . [ 7 ]
The three known species are the coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus), the inland taipan (O. microlepidotus), and a recently discovered third species, the Central Ranges taipan (O. temporalis). [5] The coastal taipan has two subspecies: the coastal taipan ( O. s. scutellatus ), found along the northeastern coast of Queensland, and the Papuan ...
The coastal taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus), or common taipan, [4] is a species of extremely venomous snake in the family Elapidae. Described by Wilhelm Peters in 1867, the species is native to the coastal regions of northern and eastern Australia and the island of New Guinea. The second-longest venomous snake in Australia, the coastal taipan ...
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The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) is considered the most venomous snake in the world with a murine LD 50 value of 0.025 mg/kg SC. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] Ernst and Zug et al. 1996 list a value of 0.01 mg/kg SC , which makes it the most venomous snake in the world in their study too.
Taipan. Central ranges taipan; Coastal taipan; Inland taipan; Paupan taipan; Tentacled snake; Tic polonga; Tiger snake. Chappell Island tiger snake; Common tiger snake; Down's tiger snake; Eastern tiger snake; King Island tiger snake; Krefft's tiger snake; Peninsula tiger snake; Tasmanian tiger snake; Western tiger snake; Tigre snake; Tree ...
The Central Ranges taipan, or Western Desert taipan (Oxyuranus temporalis), is a species of taipan that was described in 2007 by Australian researchers Paul Doughty, Brad Maryan, Stephen Donnellan, and Mark Hutchinson. [2] Taipans are large, fast, extremely venomous Australasian snakes.
The eastern brown snake (Pseudonaja textilis) is the most toxic member of the genus and is considered by some to be the second-most toxic land snake in the world, after the inland taipan (which is also found in Australia). The western brown snake is the 10th-most venomous snake in the world.